RaphiPOV
We walked back home after our encounter with the girls. I wasn't paying attention much that night. Soon it was time to leave so we all poured into Edward's Volvo and Emmett's Jeep. When we got there, Phil and I went to Math and sat down. I waited for Julie to enter the door but it looked like they weren't coming. Then five minutes before the bell rang Julie entered dressed in black from head to toe and Sarah, by her side, had a black lace bracelet on. They were in mourning. I wonder who died. Especially who it was that was so close to Julie that she is wearing this. They sat down and everyone was staring at them. The bell rand and class started.
"Okay everyone. I have some bad news. One of your classmate's fiancé died in the war yesterday." Please tell me it isn't Julie's fiancé. "So Julie if you would stand and we will have a moment of silence." She stood up and everyone stared at her with pity. Why did she get engaged? I now saw very clearly the pins on her right chest and the engagement ring on her left hand. How could I not notice the ring it was huge. "Okay let's get started."
In every class before lunch they had asked Julie to stand while they gave a moment of silence. Sarah and Julie walked in the cafeteria and what once was a loud chaos quieted to dead silence as they walked to the lunch line. They sat down on the only table that was free. As Julie started to eat people started to slowly look away and get back to old conversations. Bella and Alice got up and walked over to Julie and Sarah.
"Hello," Alice said. Julie looked only to see Alice and Bella.
"Hi." Julie said in a small voice.
"My name is Alice Cullen and this is Bella Hale." Alice introduced them.
"My name is Julie Grullon and this is my twin Sarah Grullon."
"We heard about your loss and, instead of saying were sorry because you probably don't want to be pitied, we'd like to say we are here for you." Bella said remorsefully.
"Thank you."
"Would you like to come and sit with us and our family?" Alice asked cheerfully. She wants to kill Phil and me. Julie looked at Sarah.
"Sure." They said together. That made Julie smile a little bit. Sarah noticed and smiled at her. They followed Alice and Bella to our table.
"This is Emmett Cullen. That is Rosaline Hale. That is Jasper Hale. This is Edward Cullen. And this is Raphi and Phil Halff." Alice pointed each of us out as she said our names. Sarah huffed when Alice said Halff. Alice gave her a questioning look but Sarah just sat down and Julie sat down next to her.
"Sarah I truly am sorry for leaving you. I didn't want to go." Phil pleaded with Sarah.
"Shut it, Plinto. I'm not in the mood right now. Do I need to throw more things at your head because I will throw Julie's apple."
"Hey!" Julie exclaimed as she clutched her apple. She was so cute
"Julie, I'm terrible sorry for leaving. But you have to know that we had to go and never come back." I started to plead with her.
"Shut the fuck up Halff! I AM OBVIOUSLY NOT IN THE MOOD FOR YOUR CRAP!" She threw her apple at me and it hit me square in the face. Everyone looked shocked. She grabbed her lemonade and walked off to her next class early. The rest of the day passed by in a blur. Time came for the Wake. I saw Julie and I knew she was just an empty shell. She must have loved him very much. We told Julie that we were going to the funeral tomorrow, also. I wasn't sure if she was paying any attention to us when she said that. She just stood there with a blank face and empty eyes, but deep down I saw a lot of pain.
We sat in a pew at the church waiting for Julie. When the church doors opened, there stood Julie in a white dress and she looked like an angel.
"Uncle Pepsi that was Julie's wedding dress. I guess she wore it to point out the fact that this should have been a wedding not a funeral. I don't know." Sarah whispered to her Uncle but we all heard. That was her wedding dress. It is stunning.
Julie's makeup started to stream down her face (Picture on profile) and she put down her veil trying to hide the tears. She heard the trumpets from the military band and the flowers fell out of her hands. She walked down the aisle and everyone stared at her. She got to the front and stood by her fiancé's casket.
The preacher man said "Let us bow our heads and pray. Lord, please lift his soul and heal this hurt."
Then the congregation all stood up and sang the saddest song that I ever heard. Then they handed her a folded up flag and she held on to all she had left of him and what could've been. Then guns rang one last shot and it felt like a bullet in her heart. I knew this by the face she made when she heard it. She was in so much pain. She got up and said a little speech.
"Jared was a great man. Always very easy going and careless. He had a big heart and a smile that could light up the whole town. He was always making people laugh. Jared proposed to me right before he left. He said he wanted to come back to a fiancé and that I was the love of his life. I went from best friend to fiancé in a matter of minutes. I would like to sing a couple of songs for him."
She took the microphone and walked to the center of the alter. She started to sing 'Just a Dream' by Carrie Underwood.
"It
was two weeks after the day she turned 18
all dressed in white,
going to the church that night
She had his box of letters in the
passenger seat,
six pence in her shoe
something borrowed
something *blue*
and when the church doors opened up wide she put
her veil down trying to hide the tears oh
she just couldn't
believe it
she heard the trumpets from the military band and the
flowers fell out of her hands
Baby,
why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I was counting on
forever, now I'll never know
I cant even breathe
It's like I'm,
looking from a distance, standing in the background
Everybody's
saying, he's not coming home now,
This can't be happening to
me
This is just a dream
The
preacher man said let us bow our heads and pray
lord please lift
his soul and heal this hurt
then the congregation all stood up and
sang the saddest song that she ever heard
then they handed her a
folded up flag and
she held on to all she had left of him oh and
what could've been
and then guns rang one last shot and it felt
like a bullet in her heart
Baby,
why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I was counting on
forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like
I'm, looking from a distance, standing in the background
Everybody's
saying, he's not coming home now,
This can't be happening to
me
This is just a dream
(softly
at first) Oh,Oh Baby, why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I
was counting on forever, now I'll never know
(loudly) Ohh i'll
never know
It's like I'm, looking from a distance, standing in the
background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now,
This
can't be happening to me
This is just a dream
Oh
this is just a dream
just a dream, oh!! [fading out]"
It was weird how this song related to her so much. Then she started to sing 'The Wind Blows' by The All-American Rejects.
"I've
got to breathe
You can't that from me
Cause its all that you
left that's mine
You had to leave
And that's all I can
see
But you told me your love was blind
There
are times
You're so impossible that I should sign a waiver
And
you will find
Someone worth walking on when you ask me to go
I'll
leave when the wind blows
Take a breath and there it goes
I'll
be outside of your window
I'll pass by but I'll go slow
I'll
leave when the wind blows
There
was a day
You threw our love away
Then you passed it to someone
new
You wanna stay
But since you wanna play
We can finally
say were through
There are times you're so impossible and you ask me to go
I'll
leave when the wind blows
Take a breath and there it goes
I'll
be outside of your window
I'll pass by but I'll go slow
I'll
leave when the wind blows
You
can scream there's just echoes
Pass outside of your
window
You'll be sad that you let me go
I'll leave but just
know
As
I lay in solitude
Oh What's a boy supposed to do
I Shake the
very thought of you
Me together, I remember
Late nights when I
stayed up late
All I do is wait and wait
Your never coming home
to me
That's the hardest thing to see
I
got to breathe
You can't take that from
We can finally say
were through
I'll
leave when the wind blows
Take a breath and there it goes
I'll
be outside of your window
I'll pass by but I'll go slow
I'll
leave when the wind blows
You
can scream there's just echoes
Pass outside of your
window
You'll be sad that you let me go
On every face you'll
ever know
And everywhere you ever go
You'll feel when the
wind blows"
She walked down and fell. She laid on the floor crying hysterically. The she blacked out. I ran to her and picked her up in my arms. I held on to her for dear life.
